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TORONTO - Television news crews from South Korea's two largest networks - MBC and SBS - filed breathless reports in the spring about the myriad of charges and countercharges of sexual misconduct involving parishioners and leaders at the house of worship, which cannot be identified because of a court-ordered publication ban. Now, the church's founder, former Orangeville grocer Jae-Kap (Joe) Song, 55, faces charges in Canada of inappropriately touching a female parishioner. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Pastor arrested
OTTAWA - The Crown is seeking almost four more years in jail for a man who raped, beat and extorted sex and cash from terrified women who believed he was a powerful Hells Angel. A psychiatrist concluded that Peter Guido, 31, "does impress as significantly psychopathic." (QMI)
TORONTO - Daniel Katsnelson, the 27-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting two York University students on campus, has been sentenced to eight years in prison. (CTV)
CALGARY - Just six weeks after his release from jail, a convicted sex offender is facing new charges in Calgary after allegedly inappropriately touching a woman he'd met at an LRT station. (QMI)
VANCOUVER - A man who committed a violent sex attack on his landlady has been found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. Steven Thomas Lowry, 26, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated assault in connection with the April 2008 attack on the victim. (Vancouver Province)
SEATTLE - A convicted cocaine smuggler has been arrested at what authorities say appears to be a bestiality farm in Washington state where visitors could engage in sex acts with animals. (AP) MORE: Canadian connection to farm
CALGARY - Garry Prokopishin, a director for the Calgary & District Foster Parents Association, is charged with luring a child via a data device, three counts of obtaining or attempting to obtain sex from a person under age 18 and sexual contact with a youth by a person in authority. (QMI) MORE: Province vows sweeping review
TORONTO - A 14-year-old boy facing sex charges in Toronto is the sole resident of a $350,000 Mississauga group home and gets $150 a week for allowance, officials say. The home is run by the Children's Aid Society. (QMI) TORONTO - Five men wanted in connection with a New Year's Eve sexual assault have surrendered to police, a day after their photos were released to the media. (Toronto Star) MORE: Suspects turn themselves in
TORONTO - Justice Ian MacDonnell declared Jody Robinson a dangerous offender, saying his next victim could suffer "catastrophic" injuries because sadists grow more violent as they age. (Sun Media)
CALGARY - A Calgary man has been charged with inappropriate sexual behaviour involving a 15-year-old girl within weeks of volunteering as a minor hockey coach. Five charges were laid against Michael Shawn Bourgeois. (Calgary Herald)
Judge rejects consensual sex claim EDMONTON - Court of Queen's Bench Justice Denny Thomas found Philip Skulnec, 30, guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm, kidnapping, unlawful confinement and possession of a dangerous weapon. (Sun Media)
CALGARY - Theoren Fleury sounds ready to see this thing through. In Toronto to launch the of his candid autobiography Playing With Fire, the former Calgary Flames’ captain said Wednesday morning that a complaint of sexual abuse against his former junior coach Graham James is in the works. (Calgary Herald) |
Mobile app linked to sexual assault VANCOUVER - A Vancouver man is facing charges after allegedly using a geo-social-networking application to find and sexually assault a youth. The 15-year-old alleged victim, from North Vancouver, told police he met the suspect through an app called GRINDR. (Vancouver Province)
TORONTO - She survived Stalinist Russia and World War II, coming to this “wonderful country” for a better life. But the elderly woman says she suffered “a shattering brutal blow” when Michael Anderson broke into her west Toronto apartment to stab and rape her five years ago when she was 76. (Toronto Star)
CALGARY - There are new developments in a case involving a Calgary psychiatrist charged with sexual assault. Dr. Aubrey Levin has already been charged with one count of sexual assault. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Doc charged with sex assault
TORONTO - 3 men have been arrested and police continue to search for 3 others who allegedly participated in the gang sex assaults of 3 women and one minor they met at church. (CityNews) MORE: Suspects given bail Suspects, victims met at church
TORONTO - The Annex Rapist, a serial rapist who terrorized Toronto women in the mid-1980s, is in custody in Vancouver. Dawson Davidson, now 45, is charged with assault and sexual assault of two women. (QMI) MORE: Serial rapist charged Sex offender no threat says lawyer
Teen charged in sexual assault GITSEGUKLA - A nine-year-old girl has been hospitalized after being sexually assaulted by another child in a home in BC's Interior. A 14-year-old boy was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault. The two children were known to each other, police say. (Vancouver Province)
EDMONTON - Adam Blea, 27, an Edmonton man was convicted of raping three women in the downtown area, including one victim who testified against him from beyond the grave. (QMI) MORE: Rapist convicted
EDMONTON - Taekwondo instructor Thomas Innerebner has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually touching seven girls. (Edmonton Journal) PREVIOUS: Guilty Brave victims 'stopped' future assaults
TORONTO - A Toronto man found not criminally responsible for sexually assaulting a woman because he suffers from sexsommia will not face any restrictions on his freedom, the Ontario Review Board ruled Thursday. Jan Luedecke does not pose a significant threat to public safety, the board said in granting him an absolute discharge. (CP)
OTTAWA - Forced marriages have garnered little attention in this country. But the plight of Canadian teen Hardeep Flora, who two weeks ago fought her way back to Canada after contacting consulate officials in India, has suddenly cast a spotlight on a deeply hidden form of abuse. (Toronto Star) MORE: Force to wed - twice When arranged marriages go awry
REGINA - A man wanted for two terrifying sex assaults against woman in BC has been arrested in Saskatchewan. Shaun Funk was taken into police custody at a Regina home just before 11pm Wednesday night. (CTV) PREVIOUS: RCMP identify suspect Nationwide warrant
OTTAWA - The Crown is considering a dangerous offender bid for a deaf-mute man who pleaded guilty to his sixth sexual assault. Marc Lecuyer, 31, entered his guilty plea through a sign-language interpreter. (Sun Media)
EDMONTON - Vishva Juneja, 64, a convicted pimp who, as a driving instructor, tried to recruit prostitutes for his massage parlours has been sentenced to 30 months behind bars. (Sun Media) MORE: Jail for Juneja |
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VANCOUVER - A Surrey hebephile who preyed on teenage street kids by supplying them drugs for sex has been declared a long-term offender and sent to prison for 11 years in prison. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Long-term offender, not a dangerous offender |
RED DEER - Gerard John Baumgarte pleaded guilty to kidnapping, using an imitation firearm, assault with a weapon, sexual assault, confinement and impersonating a peace officer. (CTV) MORE: Girl used 'CSI' tactics to outsmart rapist |
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TORONTO - William Imona-Russel was sentenced to 9 years in prison, but Ontario Superior Court Justice John McMahon gave the 36-year-old credit for the 5 years and 15 days of pre-trial custody he has already served. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Victim made fun Witness recounts rape, violence Man charged with murder Arrest in Ashareh murder |
VANCOUVER - A former BC Lions football player has been arrested again in Vancouver on two more charges of sexual assault. Josh Boden had been released on bail earlier this month on two similar charges, but police say he was taken back into custody to face the new charges. (CTV) MORE: Boden back in custody Public warning Boden makes bail |
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Investigation 'doesn't ring true' OTTAWA - Although it was acknowledged among Canadian troops and some military police that Afghan security personnel were sexually abusing children, investigators took just 11 weeks to determine there was nothing to the concerns raised by a soldier who said he witnessed such an incident, according to Defence Department records. (Ottawa Citizen) PREVIOUS: Sex abuse and silence exposed |
CALGARY - In tossing the charges against Kulwinder Rajasansi and Wesley Sinclair, Justice Peter McIntyre said the 38-month delay between the men being charged and the end of their trial was inexcusable. Two other males, one youth and one adult, were handed penitentiary sentences after pleading guilty to taking advantage of the victim on Oct. 19, 2004. (Sun Media) |
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VANCOUVER - Police are investigating the possibility that a man who threatened a 13-year-old girl on a bus, then sexually assaulted her, may be connected to three other incidents in Metro Vancouver. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Girl ordered off bus, sexually assaulted Assaults linked DNA links sex assaults |
Convicted rapist wins new trial OTTAWA - The Supreme Court says a London, Ont., rapist convicted in a pair of sexual assaults should get a new trial because there should have been separate trials in the two cases. The high court set aside the convictions against Gregory Ernest Last and ordered him retried. (Toronto Star) JUDGMENT: 2009 SCC 45 |
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OTTAWA - An 18-year-old Ottawa man is facing several charges including sexual assault and child exploitation after a seven-month police investigation uncovered an elaborate scheme that recruited teens and other young women to perform sexual acts over the Internet. Ryan Earl McCann faces multiple charges as a result of the investigation. (CTV) |
VANCOUVER - A Nevada sex offender with a history of escaping mental facilities is scheduled to return to the US from Canada after a judge there, citing a technicality, threw out charges against him in the rape of a young girl 30 years ago. (Nevada Appeal) PREVIOUS: Sex offender won't stand trial Judge stays charges BC Judge stays charges DNA trashed |
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REGINA - Where is the sex or the assault in the sexual assault charge to which Eric Tillman pleaded guilty? (Toronto Star) |
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EDMONTON - Marc Joseph Menard, 43, an Edmonton man who poured wine and milk on his common-law wife, hit her with a metal bar and beat her "from head to toe" was handed a two-year jail term. (Sun Media) |
WINNIPEG - The family of a Manitoba teen sexually assaulted in her bedroom by a former Canadian soldier is outraged at the bureaucratic “oversight’‘ that kept them from a parole hearing that led to his release from jail. (Mike on Crime) |
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WINNIPEG - Garron Scott hung his head in his hands as a judge refused to accept - at least for now - a recommended seven-year prison sentence for a violent sexual assault outside a downtown shopping mall. (Sun Media) |
EDMONTON - Police received a tip that there might be a bawdy house and a case of human trafficking involving Sachi Professional Massage Spa. (Edmonton Journal) PREVIOUS: 3 charged in human trafficking case |
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BANFF - A transient man arrested in an attack on a woman in Banff is being released because police say they arrested the wrong person. (CBC) MORE: Attacker still loose |
WINNIPEG - A former Winnipeg police officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a premeditated sex attack on his terminally ill ex-wife. (Mike on Crime) MORE: Chief on hand |
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CALGARY - The 14-year-old Strathmore girl, who accused a group of men of sexually assaulting her in an alley there about midnight Monday, later came forward admitting she fabricated the allegation. (Sun Media) |
EDMONTON - Kyle Bowler, a 25-year-old man who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the abduction of a 16-year-old girl already had 15 outstanding warrants for his arrest. (CTV) MORE: Man arrest in abduction |
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LOS ANGELES - Celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander was sentenced to 59 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting seven young women and girls he enticed with the promise of modeling jobs. Alexander, 35, faces similar charges in New York and Texas. (LA Times) |
OTTAWA - A Nepean man who spent last summer looking for young girls on pathways in Ottawa's west end has admitted he's guilty of the seven sexual assaults he's charged with. Brent McGrath, 24, has been in police custody since October. The youngest victim was an 11-year-old girl. (CTV) |
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WINNIPEG - Queen's Bench Justice Brenda Keyser said Kenneth Bauer committed a "despicable" act which humiliated the victim and cries out for punishment. (Mike on Crime) MORE: 'Predatory attack' |
MISSISSAUGA - The 50-year-old teacher at Father Michael Goetz Catholic Secondary School allegedly assaulted a 16-year-old girl inside the school on May 29. (Toronto Star) MORE: Teacher charged Teacher accused |
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VANCOUVER - A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a pair of sexual assaults that took place this summer in New Westminster. (CTV) |
Speeding driver was watching porn PORT HOPE - Police who pulled over a motorist on Highway 401 near Port Hope on the weekend say he was watching an X-rated movie while driving 40 km/h over the limit. (Toronto Star) |
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VANCOUVER - Paul Douglas Callow, 52, turned himself in at a Surrey courthouse. (CanWest) MORE: 'Balcony rapist' arrested |
OTTAWA - Dr. Juan Tejeda-Rosario, known as Dr. Tejeda, was found guilty of two charges of sexual assault. (Ottawa Citizen) |
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WINNIPEG - A former Winnipeg police officer has been ordered to stand trial on charges he sexually assaulted and exploited 22 girls and women during his off-duty work as a photographer and talent scout. No dates have been set and Richard Dow remains free on bail. A court-ordered ban prevents specific evidence from the hearing being published. (Mike on Crime) |
MONTREAL - She was stabbed in the head. Her cheek, jaw and eye socket were smashed. She spent two months in a coma and sustained brain damage. A judge ruled that her attacker - a man who pleaded guilty - will not spend any more time in jail. In September 2005, Marcia Langleib, then 52, was waiting for a metro at the Snowdon station when Peter Nidzielsky, then 27, tried to sexually assault her. (CTV) |
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VANCOUVER - Police have a arrested and charged a Scouts Canada leader with sexual exploitation and assault allegedly committed between November 2007 and April this year. Eddie Au, 34, of Richmond was a scout volunteer for about 10 years. (Vancouver Sun) |
Accused posed as police officer PENHOLD - A man charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Penhold teenage girl at gunpoint is also accused of posing as a police officer using a flashing red and blue light from his car. (Calgary Herald) MORE: Suspect posed as cop Missing teen found |
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KELOWNA - Tyler Earl Stephens stalked the streets of Kelowna after dark for six months in 2007, claiming nine different victims. Stephens has been in jail since his arrest and guilty plea on the sex assault charges 19 months ago and has now been sentenced to a further five years in prison. (CHBC) PREVIOUS: Guilty plea |
EDMONTON - 26-year-old Oldin Yadir Maldonado has been charged with several offences including two counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm, three counts of unlawful confinement, and one count each of sexual assault, robbery, and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm. (CTV) MORE: Rape rap for realtor |
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Feds expanding sex offender registry OTTAWA - New federal legislation to expand the national sex offender registry would make it mandatory to register everyone convicted of a sex crime. It would also allow police and corrections officials to make greater use of the information in the registry. (CP) |
Trial exposed a seedy side NAPANEE, Ont. - The sexual exploitation trial of David Frost exposed a seedy side of hockey culture in which women are merely objects of gratification for young men who consider group sex normal, a judge said Friday in finding the former hockey coach not guilty. (CP) MORE: Judge acquits Frost of all charges |
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VANCOUVER - An independent candidate in Newton-North Delta has been charged with sexually assaulting and exploiting a youth. James Miller, who is campaigning under the name James W. Miller-Cousineau, was charged in Surrey Provincial Court. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Miller accused of ripping off charity Miller's End Youth Violence website |
TORONTO - A judge on CBC Television's reality show How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? was arrested over the weekend, after a man he had allegedly forcibly kept in his Yorkville hotel room climbed out the window and crashed down onto a restaurant patio amid Sunday's midmorning brunch rush. (CanWest) MORE: Maria judge charged with assault |
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TORONTO - A Toronto boxing coach who trained Olympians, including former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, has been charged with sexually assaulting a student over 10 months. Police arrested Adrian Teodorescu, 65, after he got off the plane at Pearson International Airport Sunday night. (CanWest) MORE: Olympic coach faces sex assault charges Coach faces charges of sexual assault |
TORONTO - Jagdeep Chahal turned himself in after police appealed to the public for help finding the suspect and released a nightclub surveillance video which appeared to show him joking with a friend in a stairwell on January 22nd. Police say Chahal slipped a drug into the victim's drink before attacking her at a club near King and Brant streets. (CityNews) MORE: Not guilty plea |
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Coach charged with sexual assault EDMONTON - Perry Nile Larsen, 38, faces charges of sexual assault and sexual interference. Larsen has been coaching gymnastics in and around the city for nearly 20 years, police say. (Edmonton Journal) |
CALGARY - Michael Andrew Scott, 35, faces new charges of aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, break and enter, forcible confinement, possession of a weapon and breach of recognizance. (CBC) |
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WINNIPEG - Kevin Steppan, 23, already had a history of sex crimes when he targeted two young women in 2005. (Mike on Crime) |
Funeral director pleads guilty NORTH BAY - Timmy Lynn Smith, 50, admitted to indiscretions. (Ottawa Citizen) MORE: Out of town judge needed for sex offences trial |
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VICTORIA - A panel reviewing domestic violence deaths in BC has issued 19 recommendations for preventing such deaths, including fast-tracking cases through the courts and designating cases where there is a high risk of serious harm or death. (CP) Report calls for faster action Spousal violence in Canada 2006 Findings & recommendations of the panel .pdf Panel members .pdf |
A-G calls for fight against spousal abuse Stop spousal abuse, Jean pleads Battered wives plead for change Victims wary of reporting domestic violence |
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Prostitution debate rages worldwide One of the latest battlegrounds for the highly charged issue of prostitution - is it violence, is it a job? (National Post) Killing sex workers for their own good Why turn prostitutes into criminals? |
'Dangerous' laws prompt prostitution group to sue Prostitutes won't look to police Councillor proposes city run brothel |
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BANFF - Two women heading home after a night out with friends in Banff accepted a ride from a stranger, unleashing a hellish ordeal that could have cost them their lives. (Calgary Herald) |
TORONTO - Michael Anderson sat calmly in the prisoner's box after Superior Court Justice Todd Ducharme convicted him of multiple offences. (Toronto Star) |
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VANCOUVER - A former Matsqui prison guard was sentenced to two years less a day for a date rape. Balkar Singh Basra, 30, was convicted of having non-consensual sex with a woman he met through an Internet chat line. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: 2008 BCSD 1526 |
BRAMPTON - A former Toronto man who made more than $400,000 selling two young girls for sex has pleaded guilty to two counts of human trafficking. Imani Nakpamgi, 25, admitted the crime in a Brampton court yesterday. (Toronto Star) MORE: Pimp hired out teen girls |
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PETERBOROUGH - A judge ruled that Stanley Tippett, 33, was guilty on all seven charges against him, including abduction and sexual assault. (CanWest) MORE: Guilty of sex assault Accused cries while recounting night Accused claims he was carjacked Convicted 'predator' Accused was murder suspect |
TORONTO - A pregnant teenager who was put in jail to ensure she would testify at the domestic assault trial of her boyfriend was released on bail even though the court isn't finished hearing her evidence. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Released from jail Dogma gets tripped up in the details It's not a joke Why teen ended up in jail |
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TORONTO - Toronto police are now asking those potential victims to come forward only days after 38-year-old Robert Meinzer was arrested and charged with nine counts relating to the alleged early August assault. (Ottawa Citizen) PREVIOUS: Aide faces charges in sex assault |
OTTAWA - Carleton University has reached an out-of-court settlement with a female student who sued the school after being sexually assaulted in 2007. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Lawsuit raises issues of responsibility Carleton accused of 'victim blaming' Labelling dilemma |
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MONTREAL - Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur has been found guilty of obstructing justice by giving contradictory evidence at a bail hearing in September 2007 for his troubled son Mark Lafleur. (Montreal Gazette) |
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WINDSOR, Ont. - Carl Leone pleaded guilty last year to 15 counts of aggravated sexual assault after failing to inform his sexual partners of his HIV status. Five of the 15 women are now HIV-positive. (CP) MORE: Up for parole in 6 |
Conditional sentence for slashing CALGARY - When Abigail London-Fife suspected her husband of infidelity, she pulled out a knife she had hidden under the bed and slashed his genitals and buttocks. (Calgary Herald) |
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EDMONTON - Judge Donna Valgardson ruled that Jonathan Quinn Lewis, 25, did not know that what he was doing was wrong when he snuck into the girls' bathrooms at two Edmonton elementary schools and assaulted the children. (Edmonton Journal) |
VANCOUVER - Ali Saadatmandi and Ali Tayyebi were each charged with sexual assault - and Saadatmandi was charged with administering a stupefying drug - after the June 2005 incident involving the 18-year-old girl. (Vancouver Province) |
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CALGARY - Marcel Joseph Parent, 30, has been charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, sexual assault with a weapon, robbery and unlawful confinement after a woman was attacked at knifepoint at a northwest Calgary tanning salon. (Calgary Herald) |
ST. JOHN’S - A man who was to stand trial Tuesday in St. John's on kidnapping and sexual assault charges has killed himself. Darren Joseph Fagan, 37, was found dead at Her Majesty's Penitentiary, in the east end of St. John's. (CBC) |
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Deportation may not stop offender VANCOUVER - A wanted US sex offender with a 30-year history of violent and sexual crimes is facing deportation this week -- his fourth order in five years. But British Columbians who have followed the case for years fear Denver Todd Carnes could end up in Canada again. (Vancouver Province) MORE: Carnes' rap sheet and timeline |
Teen makes surprise guilty plea MONTREAL - A serial rapist apologized in Youth Court yesterday to the women he sexually assaulted and their families, saying he was sorry for the hurt he had caused. In all, the 18-year-old man was accused of sexually assaulting 11 women. His name cannot be published because he was a minor when he committed the crimes. (Montreal Gazette) |
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BASRA - Authorities in the southern Iraqi city of Basra have admitted they are powerless to prevent honour killings in the city following a 70% increase in religious murders during the past year. (Guardian UK) |
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Leone is 'inherently dangerous' WINDSOR - Convicted sex offender Carl Leone represents a "real and present danger" and should be incarcerated indefinitely, assistant Crown attorney Tim Kavanagh told Windsor Superior Court Justice Joseph Quinn. (Windsor Star) |
TORONTO - Police have charged eight boys with the alleged sexual assault of four 13-year-old girls at a Rexdale school, dispute allegations from the parents of the accused that the children were just playing around. (National Post) MORE: 8 boys charged with sex assault |
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CALGARY - An arbitration panel has ruled a Lethbridge College professor dismissed for having sex with his students should be reinstated, but the college doesn't want him back. (Calgary Herald) |
Serial rapist released without rehab CALGARY - Keegan Troy Spearchief, 22, was released from jail after serving four years for multiple violent sexual assaults and break and enter, prompting police to issue a warning to women. (Calgary Herald) |
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C.W. Jeffreys officials face charges TORONTO - Police have charged the former principal and two vice-principals at C.W. Jeffreys Collegiate with failing to report an alleged sexual assault on a female student. (CBC) PREVIOUS: CW Jefferys officials face child act charges 4 charged 4 charged in sex assault |
EDMONTON - Ryan Huppie, 24, appeared resigned to his fate and showed little reaction as the sentence was read in court Friday. (Edmonton Journal) PREVIOUS: 'The brutality is extreme' Huppie on cocktail of drugs Vicious rape like slasher 'movie' |
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We've lost track of sex offenders VANCOUVER - The case of Steven James Petiquan illustrates just a few of the reasons why Canada's sex offender registry has been called everything from "useless" to "a sham." Last summer, the convicted sex offender from Abbotsford decided to take a trip to Calgary. Petiquan, 31, didn't tell authorities about it. The law says he doesn't have to for trips of less than two weeks. (Vancouver Province) |
Man serving time for gang rape is set free early MONTREAL - A man sentenced to four years and two months in prison after the 2005 gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in a St. Michel park is free to walk this city's streets this morning. Guards ushered Andy Virgile, 21, out of the Montreal Detention Centre late Thursday, after the Quebec Court of Appeal ordered his immediate release. (Montreal Gazette) |
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VANCOUVER - Robert Gordon Bodkin, a former Mountie, Vancouver police officer and longtime Coast Mountain Bus transit supervisor is facing sex-crime charges dating back to the 1970s. (Vancouver Province) |
MONTREAL - A woman who was sexually abused for years by her mother's boyfriend is suing the man for $600,000 in damages after the criminal courts handed him a conditional sentence. (Montreal Gazette) |
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Dance teacher guilty of sex charges VANCOUVER - A BC judge shredded the testimony of tap-dance teacher Van "The Man" Porter, finding he lied on the stand and lacked any credibility as a witness before finding him guilty yesterday of six counts of sexual misconduct against three former teenage students. (Vancouver Province) |
'Marpole Rapist' released despite indefinite sentence VANCOUVER - A man deemed a dangerous sexual offender and sentenced to an indefinite jail term 13 years ago is out on parole and living in Vancouver. Gary Jagur Singh, the Marpole Rapist, was arrested in 1991 after a three-year string of sex assaults. (Vancouver Province) |
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For many of the 3.3 billion female occupants of our planet, the perks of the cyber age never arrived. As International Women's Day is celebrated they continue to feel the age-old lash of violence, repression, isolation, enforced ignorance and discrimination. (Toronto Star) |
Afghan women call for peace, equality Licence to lie for Italian women |
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VANCOUVER - The women who were drugged were at a Beta Theta Pi Fraternity party on Sept. 21. Stephanie Ataliotis said the men in the fraternity, for University of BC students, have been supportive in trying to find out who's behind the drugging. (Vancouver Province) |
Police have charged the president of the self-governed Inuit region of Nunatsiavut in Labrador with sexual assault. William Andersen III took a paid leave of absence in November from his role as president of the Nunatsiavut Assembly. . (CBC) |
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Conditions imposed on sex offender VANCOUVER - A provincial court judge in Abbotsford has imposed strict conditions on a high-risk sex offender just released from prison. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Watchful eye PEI rapist arrested at Vancouver airport |
Serial rapist may be active in BC KELOWNA - Police in Kelowna, BC believe a serial rapist may be active in the area, after several women were sexually assaulted -- the latest victim a 15-year-old girl. (CTV) MORE: New warning from RCMP after sex attack |
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Madam says Senator used her brothel NEW ORLEANS - New allegations tie Senator David Vitter to a high-priced brothel in his hometown, one day after he publicly apologized for his connection to an alleged prostitution ring in Washington, DC. (AP) PREVIOUS: Deborah Jeane Palfrey Deborah Jeane Palfrey's website Senator apologizes DC madam can peddle 'call' list |
Offender off national registry NANAIMO - A former Vancouver Island doctor who served a four-year jail term for sexually assaulting patients has had his name removed from the national sex offender registry. The 63-year-old man, identified only as "S", successfully argued in BC Supreme Court that keeping his name on the registry for the minimum 20-year period is a significant violation of his privacy. (CP) JUDGMENT: R. v. S. (M.W.) 2007 BCSC 1188 |
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VANCOUVER - Vancouver police issued a public appeal Wednesday for more information about a man accused of sexually assaulting four women after allegedly slipping a date-rape drug in their drinks. .(Vancouver Sun) |
Early deviant behaviours linked to sex abuse: study VANCOUVER - A study of more than 500 repeat sex offenders in BC has discovered two types of early-life behaviour that leads to repeat sexual abuse. (CanWest) |
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2nd York rape suspect in court TORONTO - A second man charged in the sexual assaults on two women at York University has been remanded in custody until tomorrow. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Suspect arrested in York U sex assaults Sex assaults in dormitory rattle York University |
LANGLEY - A woman working alone at a Langley gas station in the middle of the night was sexually assaulted after letting a young man in to use the washroom. The woman, in her late 40s, was working in a locked Husky station at 200th Street and Willowbrook Drive. (Province) |
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MONTREAL - Benoit Guay led two very different lives. In the one everyone close to him knew about, he was a 13-year veteran of the Montreal police, working undercover for a surveillance unit and married to a fellow officer. In the other, which he kept secret, he drove around the streets of Laval and St. Jerome late at night, looking for young women and girls he would sexually assault. (Montreal Gazette) |
Lawyer charged with sex crimes HAMILTON - A Hamilton lawyer who specializes in defending youths has been charged with sex crimes against two of his teenage male clients. A strained-looking Tom Martin, 43, was led into a bail court prisoner's dock charged with one count of sexual assault and two counts of sexual exploitation. (Hamilton Spectator) RELATED: Rabbi, synagogue sued over seduction scandal Coach pleads not guilty to sexually exploiting |
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Rape trial gets national attention OMAHA, Neb. - A Lincoln woman plans to testify this week as the victim of an alleged sexual assault. But the judge has banned her from using the words "rape" and "sexual assault." (KETV) |
Rape victim recalls horror in court MELFORT - The alleged victim in a sexual assault trial wailed loudly and covered her face when the Crown prosecutor on Tuesday presented her clothes from the night three men allegedly attacked her. (Star Phoenix) |
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Sex offenders younger, more violent, study says STOCKTON, Calif. - Courts have seen the number of sex offense cases involving juvenile offenders rise dramatically in recent years, an Associated Press review of national statistics found, and treatment professionals say the offenders are getting younger and the crimes more violent. (AP) |
Women patients wait for answers EDMONTON - Jenny had never met a doctor as caring and attentive as Edmonton whiplash specialist Robert Ferrari. During his first assessment, he commented on her extraordinary level of fitness and suggested they get together to pursue their mutual interest in running. (Edmonton Journal) RELATED: Righting a 'nightmare' system |
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TEL AVIV - Moshe Katsav was officially indicted on charges of rape and indecent assault against a female aide who served as the former president's bureau chief during his tenure as tourism minister. (Haaretz) PREVIOUS: Outrage grows over Katsav deal Plead deal for Israeli president challenged Guilty plea keeps Israeli president out of jail Katsav hands in resignation after accepting plea bargain Moshe Katsav |
They call it femicide. "It's the fashion here to murder women," says a man in Killer's Paradise. More than 600 Guatemalan women a year are murdered. The figures have quadrupled in the last five years, while the murder rate among men has remained constant. Since January, 102 women and girls have been killed, among them a 7-year-old who was raped and beheaded. (Toronto Star) RELATED: Rape for Darfur women Test snares rapists without sperm |
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VICTORIA - Four sex charges against a lawyer, once employed as a Crown prosecutor, have been stayed because of court delays. (Victoria Times Colonist) |
EDMONTON - The Crown has won its bid to have Eugene Francis declared a dangerous offender for a series of increasingly brutal attacks on women. (Edmonton Journal) |
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VANCOUVER - Embattled Port Coquitlam Mayor Scott Young is refusing to step down. A defiant Young last night chaired his first council meeting since pleading guilty last week to assaulting his former girlfriend and her boyfriend. (Province) |
CALGARY - Two corrections officers from the Calgary Remand Centre have been fired and are facing criminal charges after a reported sexual assault against a fellow guard last month. (Calgary Herald) |
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VICTORIA - Zoe Read died at Royal Jubilee Hospital on March 13 after accidentally overdosing on gamma hydroxybutyrate, commonly known as GHB, at a party three days earlier. (CanWest) |
Former CFL player convicted of sexual assault Former BC Lions linebacker Keith Franklin has been convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint in her Vancouver high-rise. (Province) Franklin jailed again |
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VANCOUVER - A serial rapist on parole who attacked five Lower Mainland women during a nine-day crime binge was never tested for drugs by his parole officer -- despite the fact drug and alcohol use was a key factor in most of his past crimes. (Vancouver Sun) |
66 sex criminals let loose in BC VANCOUVER - A total of 66 sex offenders considered too dangerous to be paroled have been released from B.C. prisons over the past five years -- a rate of more than one a month, according to statistics provided by the Correctional Service of Canada. (Vancouver Sun) |
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - William Beebe had been haunted by that night for years. He'd tried to send the letter before - and failed. Just like he'd failed to stick with Alcoholics Anonymous. Just like he'd failed at so much in life. (Fox) |
LUCKNOW, India - A man in northern India will be publicly slapped 51 times as punishment after village elders found him guilty of raping a neighbor who is deaf and mute, a village chief said Friday. (AP) |
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VANCOUVER - Two more victims of a serial groper who is preying on women in Vancouver, Burnaby and Coquitlam have come forward. That makes 27 women attacked since January last year. (Province) PREVIOUS: Serial groper eludes police |
JERUSALEM - Former Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon was convicted Wednesday of kissing a young female soldier against her will — a case that riveted the country's attention and added another layer of scandal to Israel's beleaguered leadership. (CBS/AP) |
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Charges dropped against victim The case of an Iranian girl sentenced to death for killing a man who attempted to rape her has had a happy ending: the charges have been dropped. (CTV) |
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Crowbars and knives are some of the weapons used against sex workers in rural and small-town BC, according to a report that calls for more social services to protect prostitutes from increasingly violent attacks by pimps and customers. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Girls lured to sex parties in West Shore |
Private dicks paid to have sex SYDNEY - Private detectives in Sydney have been paid to have sex with prostitutes by city officials. The men were paid through official channels to do the deed so as to give evidence in court cases aimed at closing down brothels. (WGHP) PREVIOUS: Councils pay for brothel sex |
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Dethroned beauty hangs her head MIAMI - Katie Rees the former Miss Nevada USA, dethroned over raunchy photos posted online, apologized yesterday as her lawyer pleaded for the pageant queen to be given a second chance. (AP) MORE: Photos that stripped Miss Nevada of her title |
Rapist faces new charge after controversial parole VANCOUVER - A convicted rapist accused of sexually assaulting an 89-year-old Nanaimo woman while on parole was released from jail by a BC parole board that was not fully informed of his violent sexual past. (Vancouver Sun) |
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REGINA - The 59-year-old served three years in prison for charges arising out of his lengthy fixation with Cathy Kaip, a Regina woman he stalked for more than 30 years. (Leader-Post) |
TO police seek victims of HIV positive man TORONTO - Investigators believe Vincent Walkem, 28, deliberately hid or lied about his condition to other women. (CTV) |
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WASHINGTON - They were accused of a brutal sex crime that reopened centuries- old racial divisions in the American South -- a group of privileged white college boys who allegedly gang-raped a black stripper at a late-night frat house party. (CanWest) |
Expert admits "Big Error" in Duke case Midnight blogger exposes a scandal Duke players get their reputation back Stripper lied. . .white boys fried |
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Three serial sex attackers stalk neighbourhoods TORONTO - Police said yesterday they are hunting for at least three serial sex attackers stalking women in neighbourhoods across the city. (National Post) RELATED: Police make arrest in York University sex attack |
An unguarded moment, a lifetime of pain VICTORIA - It's party time at a friend-of-a-friend's house and the teen is enjoying a couple of illicit drinks. Later, she can remember kissing a guy, but then there's a blank. A total blank. (Times Colonist) |
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Accused Skytrain predator cared for foreign students VANCOUVER - A man charged with the brutal robberies of Asian women near SkyTrain stations in east Vancouver was paid by several schools in recent years to care for international students visiting Canada to learn English. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Savage attacks on three women |
Church leader resigns after gay sex COLORADO SPRINGS - One of the nation's most influential conservative Christian leaders, the Rev. Ted Haggard, resigned yesterday as president of the National Association of Evangelicals and temporarily stepped aside as pastor of a Colorado mega-church after a self-described male escort accused him of paying for gay sex. (Washington Post) |
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17-year-old charged with 11 rapes MONTREAL - A 17-year-old youth has been arrested and faces 21 charges connected with a series of sexual assaults that occurred in Montreal North over the last year. (CTV) |
Woman who burned boyfriend's penis detained MONTREAL - A woman who used fondue fuel to set her boyfriend's penis on fire will spend the holidays in jail. (CP) |
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ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - A Canadian judge has released an American sex offender from custody after an immigration board hearing. The judge ruled Malcolm Watson was not a high-risk offender. (CTV) |
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Notorious rapist deserves prison forever EDMONTON - An Edmonton woman raped 37 years ago by notorious sex offender Steve Ewanchuk says she wants the man declared a dangerous offender and jailed indefinitely. (CanWest) MORE: Ewanchuk's first victim breaks 37-year silence |
Naked Suitor Threatened at Gunpoint in Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A marriage-minded man ran naked through his neighborhood, trying to show his hesitant girlfriend that taking risks is important. He got more than he bargained for when he ended up being chased and shot at. (Fox News) |
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'Psychopath' rapist faces life behind bars BANFF - A man who viciously raped and almost killed a pregnant young woman in a Banff park was declared a dangerous offender Thursday and now faces life in prison. The sentencing judge called him a "creature." (Calgary Herald) |
"Friends" sex harass suit gets boot California's highest court today threw out a sexual harassment case brought by a former "Friends" assistant who claimed that she was improperly subjected to vulgar and coarse language by the comedy show's writing staff. (Smoking Gun) |
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Beltline rapist deemed high risk CALGARY - Wafid Delaa, 41, was declared a dangerous offender on Wednesday and handed an indefinite prison sentence. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Beltline rapist guilty |
VANCOUVER - A man convicted in a vicious Valentine's Day assault on a sex trade worker was sentenced Wednesday to four years in jail, less time already served. (Vancouver Sun) |
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VANCOUVER - Former teacher Tom Ellison was sentenced Friday to house arrest for sex crimes against teenage students at Prince of Wales high school in the late 1970s and early '80s. (Vancouver Sun) |
Verdict handed down in BC teacher's sex trial Police seek additional sex-assault victims Further Quest charges considered Police probe death threat to Ellison Ellison portrayed as power tripper |
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Shoe Rapist kept store of stilettos as trophies YORKSHIRE, UK - A company manager and "pillar of the community" has been exposed after 20 years as a serial sex attacker known as the Shoe Rapist. James Lloyd, 49, a long-standing Freemason who took the footwear of his victims as trophies, was finally caught through advances in DNA techniques. (Telegraph) |
S. Africa's Zuma cleared of rape Former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma has been acquitted of raping a 31-year-old family friend. There were jubilant scenes in central Johannesburg as Mr Zuma addressed the crowd, and accused the media of finding him guilty before the trial started. (BBC) PREVIOUS: Zuma rape trial Zuma special report |
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Former BC doctor accused of spreading HIV Health officials in the Okanagan are investigating allegations that an HIV-positive former doctor had unprotected sex with dozens of men without disclosing his health status. Dr. Frank Sigurdson, 71, who once worked with AIDS patients, was found dead Thursday in his hot tub in Okanagan Falls. (Vancouver Sun) |
LANCASTER, Wis. - When Nicholas Grunke last week spotted a newspaper photo of Laura Tennessen, the Wisconsin man apparently became so smitten that he plotted a rendezvous with the 20-year-old woman. But the photo Grunke saw accompanied an August 29 obituary of Tennessen, who died in a motorcycle accident. (Smoking Gun) |
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Another sex predator on the prowl, cops say CHILLIWACK - Police are worried that another sexual predator is roaming the streets, less than two weeks after a suspect in a string of attacks was arrested by police. (Province) |
Bedroom affair ruled extortion EDMONTON - A judge has convicted a Vegreville woman of extortion after her boyfriend took pictures of her in bed with a 76-year-old farmer and demanded money -- or the photos would go to his wife. (Edmonton Journal) |
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Ruling raises doubts on escort law CALGARY - By licensing escort agencies, which are commonly known to provide sex for money, the City of Calgary led an escort operator to believe he wasn't breaking any laws, Court of Queen's Bench Justice Patrick Sullivan ruled Tuesday. (Calgary Herald) |
Disgraced cop's saga was anything but a love story HAMILTON - 'The course of true love never did run smooth." Words glibly uttered by the lawyer of disgraced cop Craig Galassi yesterday just before he pleaded guilty to assaulting the woman he once lived with. (Hamilton Spectator) |
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Lawyers argue rapist doesn't deserve dangerous offender status MONTREAL - Lawyers for convicted rapist Jean-Christophe Chevreuil argued yesterday that evidence suggesting the real-estate developer should be declared a dangerous offender is so weak that the process ought to be halted. (Gazette) |
WALDRON - An Arkansas mayor has been charged with soliciting sex from two women in exchange for keeping their water on in the face of delinquent utility bills. Troy Anderson, 72, was arrested this week and charged with abuse of public trust and patronizing a prostitute. (Smoking Gun) |
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SEATTLE - Across the state of Washington, a Seattle Times investigation has found, health-care professionals have sexually abused hundreds of patients. As in other professions that are built on an imbalance of power and rely on trust - teaching, coaching, the clergy - some caregivers have violated that trust in ways that are shocking in their brazenness. (Seattle Times) |
BC man sentenced to 15 years for spreading HIV VANCOUVER - Adrian Nduwayo, an HIV-positive man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for having unprotected sex with seven women to whom he did not reveal his condition. (CTV) MORE: Judge says soccer coach deliberately exposed women to HIV HIV-infected man guilty on 7 counts HIV-accused claims his partners 'didn't ask' |
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Charlie Sheen divorce bombshell HOLLYWOOD - In a searing court attack on Charlie Sheen, actress Denise Richards alleges that her estranged husband is unstable, violent, addicted to gambling and prostitutes, and visits pornographic web sites featuring young men and girls who appear underage. (Smoking Gun) |
Judge orders Hasselhoff to stay away from wife LOS ANGELES - A judge has issued a temporary restraining order requiring David Hasselhoff to stay away from his estranged wife, according to court papers unsealed this week. (AP) |
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Warrant for Somalian issued in '04 SURREY - The federal agency responsible for removing non-citizens convicted of serious criminal offences from Canada issued an immigration warrant in December 2004 for the arrest of a Somali refugee on the grounds that he was a danger to the public. (Vancouver Sun) |
Ottawa's incompetence at deporting criminals puts lives at risk Sex predator has year-old immigration warrant Victim fought attacker in sex assault
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Harassment was systemic: ex-chief VANCOUVER - A former Richmond fire chief says there was a "systemic problem of harassment" in the department and he supports efforts by a female firefighter to prevent her civil lawsuit from being thrown out of court. (Province) |
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Mother jailed for bleach attack on lover LONDON - A jealous mother-of-two has been sentenced to three years in prison for pouring boiling bleach over her lesbian lover. (Telegraph) |
Suspect charged in sex attacks CALGARY - A community on edge slept a little easier after police charged a 21-year-old Saturday in connection with two rapes and a sexual assault in Falconridge. (Calgary Herald) |
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Guard accused of recruiting young girls MONTREAL - Within a week of meeting Alain Jean-Pierre, a former teenage runaway said she travelled to Toronto with the metro security guard because he promised her that she could make big bucks there dancing in strip clubs. (The Gazette) PREVIOUS: Former lap dancer tells court she lied |
CALGARY - Cari Benson never imagined her ex-boyfriend would go to such extremes as stealing her identity and cyberstalking her. Jonathan Alan Barnes of has ended up in jail for, among other things, e-mailing nude photos of the Calgary woman to her friends and relatives. (Calgary Herald) MORE: Cyberstalker turns victim's life upside down |
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Ex-prison guard allegedly sex assaulted 30 men VANCOUVER - A Chilliwack lawyer is representing more than 30 men who say they were sexually assaulted by a then-prison guard who was found guilty about five years ago of sexually abusing five inmates. (Vancouver Sun) |
Police try to link kidnap suspect to sex assaults TORONTO - A man arrested in the attempted abduction of a teenaged girl in Riverdale last week is being investigated for links to a string of random sex assaults in the area, Toronto police said yesterday. (National Post) |
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MONTREAL - He acted out of revenge after a fight with the child's mother. The man took his 10-year-old stepdaughter to an east-end scrap yard in the summer of 2004, bound her with duct tape, called her a slut and a whore, raped her with a dirty vibrator until she passed out, then left her for dead in the cab of an abandoned truck. (Gazette) |
GREENSBURG, Pa. - Gail O'Toole, of Murrysville, comes out of a Westmoreland County Courthouse Friday afternoon after a jury found for the plaintiff, her former boyfriend, Kenneth Slaby, of Pittsburgh. On May 7, 2000, O'Toole glued Slaby's penis to his stomach, his testicles to his leg and his rectum shut. (Pittsburgh Tribune – Review) |
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19 'sex slaves' rescued in raid on massage parlour BIRMINGHAM - Nineteen foreign women who were allegedly locked away and forced into sex slavery have been rescued by police after a raid on a massage parlour. (The Times) MORE: Sex slaves freed as police smash human trafficking ring Three in court on brothel charge Police free sex trade women in massage parlour raid |
Crystal meth leading to human trafficking EDMONTON - Last month the city police vice unit conducted a hooker sweep, which yielded some shocking results. Of the 30 women arrested, 24 were aboriginal, a much higher number than expected. More and more young women are shipped to Edmonton and forced to work the streets in order to pay off drug debts they incurred back home. (Edmonton Sun) |
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Doctor suspended after violent affair with patient TORONTO - A young female doctor, who had a tumultuous affair with a former patient and wrote more than 40 sexually explicit letters to him while he was in jail, has been suspended for professional misconduct. (National Post) |
Police powerless to arrest serial rapist BIRMINGHAM - West Midlands Police say that they know who the rapist is, where he lives and what he has done. The man, a 20-year-old Somali, has been arrested three times and charged once with rape. (Times) |
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Wives uncover trigamist's secret LEICESTER, UK - When Melvyn Reed went into hospital for a heart bypass operation, his loved ones were anxious to be with him as he recovered. But things got unexpectedly crowded around the bedside of the 58-year-old car salesman. For first, one of his wives turned up to comfort him. Then another. Then another. (Daily Mail) |
HAMILTON - A forensic pathologist testified that one of Johnson Aziga’s alleged victims died of the ravages of chemotherapy rather than the AIDS-related cancer she developed after becoming infected with HIV. (Hamilton Spectator) PREVIOUS: Was Jane Doe the bait? Deathbed testimony HIV-positive man to stand trial on murder charges |
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Pakistan rape acquittals rejected MULTAN - Pakistan's Supreme Court has suspended the acquittals of five men in a notorious gang rape case that has sparked worldwide outrage. (BBC) PREVIOUS: 'Honor' gang rape sentences nixed |
4 Disney workers accused of gang-raping woman ORLANDO - A police investigation was launched Monday after a Disney worker claimed she was gang-raped by four co-workers at a nearby apartment complex. (Local6.com) |
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CALGARY - Alberta leads the nation in rates of stalking, domestic assaults and murder-suicide, and is third in domestic homicide. All 41 women's emergency shelters in the province are full. More than 27,000 women and children were turned away from Alberta shelters from April 2006 to March 2007, including 2,700 at one Calgary shelter alone. (Calgary Herald) |
Province widens domestic-violence law WINNIPEG - Manitoba's justice minister has overhauled the Domestic Violence and Stalking Act to allow immediate orders of protection to people in new types of relationships. (CBC) MORE: Manitoba expands scope of domestic violence law |
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Trespassing charged in horse-sex case SEATTLE - An Enumclaw-area man who authorities say helped run a farm where people had sex with animals - and where a Seattle man died doing so with a horse - was charged with a misdemeanor yesterday. (Seattle Times) |
Ex-Abbotsford RCMP officer investigated ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford police said Tuesday they are investigating a member of the RCMP for sexual assault allegations dating back to the 1980s, after a complaint was filed with the municipal police force in January. (Vancouver Sun) |
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Boy, 14, arrested after three girls raped in park MANCHESTER - A boy aged 14 was being questioned by police today after three young girls were allegedly raped while playing in a park. (Times online) |
Millionaire brothel madam to lose her fortune LONDON - A millionaire madam who ran an "enormously successful" brothel today escaped jail but was told she would be stripped of her wealth. (Guardian) |
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Sex-offender data going national on web WASHINGTON - State-by-state information on sex offenders will be available on a new Internet site run by the federal government. Participation by states is voluntary. (MSNBC) |
Serial rapist gets 10 life terms LONDON - Petros Anthia, 35, a builder who admitted carrying out a year-long campaign of rapes and attacks on women in north London and Herts has been given 10 life sentences. He will serve a minimum of 25 years behind bars. (BBC) |
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Prostitution vigilante hooked for pimping OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma man who has gained national exposure for his "video vigilante" campaign to expose street prostitution in his hometown was arrested yesterday for allegedly paying hookers to ensure that they serviced customers in an area where he could easily film the illicit trysts. (Smoking Gun) |
Online suicide pact had sexual overtones KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon - An Internet suicide pact believed planned by an Oregon man for Valentine's Day had sexual overtones and involved computer users in other countries, Klamath County Sheriff Timothy Evinger said Saturday. (CNN) PREVIOUS: Man accused of planning mass Valentine's day suicide |
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REGINA - Provincial court Judge Kenn Bellerose, in finding Trevis Smith guilty, said Thursday he found the testimonies of the two women more credible than that of the one-time Saskatchewan Roughrider. (CP) |
Smith sentenced to 5.5 years in prison Former roughrider Smith guilty Woman says Smith told her HIV positive rumours just gossip |
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TORONTO - Ontario's minister of Community and Social Services said she is "perturbed" to hear about a claim that husbands with multiple wives are "taking advantage" of welfare and social benefits in the province. (Ottawa Citizen) |
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VANCOUVER - Criminal polygamy charges against BC religious leaders Winston Blackmore and Jim Oler have been thrown out. (Vancouver Sun) Case in limbo after political interference Put your money on a victory for polygamy Oppal orders special prosecutor |
Polygamist demands BC cover his legal bills Polygamy must have its day in court Charges are 'religious persecution' Polygamist discrimination complaint dismissed AG appoints lawyer to revisit report Utah cases challenge polygamy laws Judge walks line to protect polygamists Legalizing polygamy up as societal nightmare |
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Jeffs gets two 5-to-life prison terms Police officer pledged 'love' to polygamist leader Polygamist leader wed girls under 16 Two women found the strength to defy polygamy Polygamist prophet a pimp: prosecutor |
Woman forced to marry cousin at 14 Police complete Bountiful investigation BC polygamists claim persecution Women of Bountiful defend lifestyle Police investigate BC polygamous commune Utah court hears of polygamous judge BCHRT 322 .pdf |
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Spurned woman tore off lover's testicle LIVERPOOL - A 24-year-old woman has admitted tearing off her ex-lover's testicle with her bare hands after he refused to have sex with her. Amanda Monti, 24, flew into a rage after her ex-boyfriend, 37-year-old Geoffrey Jones, rejected her advances at the end of a drunken house party. (Telegraph) |
Cosby, Canadian accuser reach settlement PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby settled a lawsuit Wednesday with a Canadian woman who said the entertainer drugged and sexually assaulted her at his home outside Philadelphia. (AP) PREVIOUS: Bill Cosby's "prior bad acts" Cosby case shows media's muckraking mania |
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LOS ANGELES - Weeks after Snoop Dogg filed a preemptive lawsuit claiming he was the target of an extortion scheme hatched by a woman claiming to have been sexually assaulted by the rapper and his posse, the alleged victim, an Emmy Award-winning makeup artist, has responded with her own blistering legal complaint. (Smoking Gun) |
O'Reilly settles sexual harassment lawsuit NEW YORK - Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly said Thursday he and a former producer of his talk show have agreed to settle their legal dispute over her allegations of sexual harassment, and his accusations that she was trying to shake him down. (AP) PREVIOUS: O'Reilly hit with sex harass suit Shakedown attempt |
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Exodus of sex trade workers to Canada SEOUL - A new report says B.C. is a major hub for Korean sex trade workers as websites in Seoul urge women to go overseas and make up to $28,000 a month in massage parlours and bars. (Asian Pacific Post) |
Surrey RCMP suspect more abductions SURREY - Daniel Ernest D'bos, 43, has been charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, kidnapping, forcible confinement and possession of a dangerous weapon. (Surrey Now) |
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Man, teen charged in sexual assault of Quebec girl MONTREAL - Pierre Prevost, 30, and a 16-year-old boy face sex-related charges after Quebec provincial police found a 15-year-old girl who had been missing for six days. Police say the girl was held against her will, tied up and raped repeatedly over the six days. (CTV) |
Actor sentenced to four months EVERETT - Hollywood star Scott Bairstow pleaded guilty in December to second-degree assault of a young girl, a plea acknowledging he assaulted the victim with intent of second-degree molestation. He was sentenced yesterday to four months behind bars. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) |
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'Healer' sentenced to 12 years for sexual abuse WETASKIWIN, ALTA. - An Alberta man who posed as a medicine man and then sexually abused women and girls under the cover of "spiritual healing" was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday. The Crown said 44-year-old Harold Mearon lured females to a motel room for healing sessions and then abused them. One victim was 12 years old. (CBC) |
'Safe' zones suggested for sex workers VANCOUVER - Creating Blockwatch-style "safe zones" for sex-trade workers and identifying safe shops and buildings with window stickers could help make sex-trade workers' lives safer, says a government-funded coalition of Vancouver community groups. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Searching for a safe house Streetlight support services |
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Plateau Rapist jailed for 12 years MONTREAL - Roberto Belnavis's tears were as much for himself as for his victims, a judge noted yesterday in sentencing the so-called Plateau Rapist to 12 years in prison for his drug-fuelled sexual assault spree in the summer of 2004. (Gazette) PREVIOUS: Montreal Police asking for the help of the public in apprehending a suspected rapist |
BC 'sex tourist' given a 10-year sentence VANCOUVER - Donald Bakker, 41, was charged under Canada's so-called sex-tourism law. He pleaded guilty in a Vancouver courtroom. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Sex tourism case begins in Vancouver Videotapes of beaten prostitutes lead to arrest How 'Dateline' helped put a predator in jail |
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